Nevada ranks well in obesity, disease

Low grad rates, access to health care drags state down in rankings

9:13 PM,
Dec. 16, 2012

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Nevada ranks 38th nationally in overall health, being dragged down by several low rankings in categories such as graduation rates, access to doctors and lack of health insurance.

The United Health Foundation used a variety of health and social indicators to come up with the state's ranking. Nevada did well in obesity, ranking seventh nationally, and in having a low rate for infectious disease, ranking eighth.

But its ranking was dragged down by being at the bottom or near the bottom in high school graduation, violent crime, lack of health insurance, public funding of health programs and ...